Am I Allergic to Mosquito Bites

Am I allergic to mosquito bites? No, I am not allergic to mosquito bites. Mosquitoes are pesky little insects. The worst thing about them is that they suck your blood. With all the fear of human diseases with blood these days, I really get quite anxious when I see a mosquito come anywhere near me. I try to wear a long sleeve shirt in the summer but I do live in a semi desert area and the temperatures have been known to soar to over 40 degrees Celsius.

This summer, we haven't had near the hot weather we should and we have had a ton of rain. The rain for this year, in the area I live in, has surpassed all records since weather records have been kept. It is very uncommon for rain to fall like it has here this year. Now, that being said, there are probably going to be a lot of mosquitoes this year because of pools of water caused by the rain. So far, I haven't noticed an over abundance of them and I do hope it stays that way.

I can remember the worst infestation of mosquitoes that I have ever encountered and that was while I was traveling through Northern Ontario. We stopped at a roadside park and were trying to cook some dinner on a propane stove and the mosquitoes just swarmed us. It was so bad that there ended up being mosquitoes in the food. We ended up having to throw that food away. There was no way I was going to eat food that I knew that there was mosquitoes in it. Ewww!!!! That would have been just so gross. I understand that over the years I have probably swallowed hundreds of mosquitoes but those mosquitoes I didn't know about or by the time I realized what I was swallowing, it was too late, I had already swallowed them. However, to willingly swallow a mosquito, no, that will never, ever happen, even though the meal we had to throw away was really good hamburgers and our mouths were watering by the smell of them cooking. We were so hungry too because we had been on the road traveling from about three o'clock in the morning until around six o'clock that evening.

Living in remote regions of Canada, I have definitely had my share of mosquitoes over the years. Mosquitoes are not a very proud part of being a Canadian but we do deal with it the best way we can.

Am I allergic to mosquito bites? Please read my blog post about mosquitoes.